"God Bless America ""God Bless America"" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run up to World War II in 1938. The later version has notably been recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song. ""God Bless America"" takes the form of a prayer (intro lyrics ""as we raise our voices, in a solemn prayer"") for God's blessing and peace for the nation (""...stand beside her and guide her through the night...""). Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving in the U.S. Army at"
"God Bless the U.S.A. ""God Bless the U.S.A."" is an American patriotic song written and recorded by country music artist Lee Greenwood, and is considered to be his signature song. The first album it appears on is 1984's ""You've Got a Good Love Comin'."" It reached No. 7 on the ""Billboard magazine"" Hot Country Singles chart when originally released in the spring of 1984, and was played at the 1984 Republican National Convention with President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan in attendance, but the song gained greater prominence during the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991, as a"
"God Bless America Again (song) ""God Bless America Again"" is a country music song written by Bobby Bare and Boyce Hawkins. A patriotic hymn pleading for God's forgiveness of the United States and his guidance over the country, the song was first recorded and made famous by Bare. Released as a single in 1969, Bare's version reached No. 16 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart. Many artists recorded ""God Bless America Again"" through the years, including Jan Howard, Jim & Jesse, Billy Preston, Tex Ritter, Floyd Van Laningham, Dee Vickery, Ray Charles, and Bob Whitlock. Also recording a cover"
"1917, when he saw headlines announcing the U.S. had entered World War I. Cohan also is famous for penning ""Yankee Doodle Dandy,"" an over-the-top parody of patriotic music. A 1918 Irving Berlin composition, ""God Bless America"", is sometimes considered an unofficial national anthem of the United States and is often performed at sporting events alongside (or, in some rare cases, such as Ronan Tynan, in place of) ""The Star-Spangled Banner."" In 1940, Woody Guthrie wrote ""This Land Is Your Land"" in response to his dislike of ""God Bless America"", calling it unrealistic and complacent. The World War II era produced"
"and is one of the most frequently played songs ever written. In 1938, ""God Bless America"" became the unofficial national anthem of the United States, and on September 11, 2001, members of the House of Representatives stood on the steps of the Capitol and solemnly sang ""God Bless America"" together. The song returned to no. 1 shortly after 9/11, when Celine Dion recorded it as the title track of a 9/11 benefit album. The following year, the Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp of Berlin. By then, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of New York had received more than"
"before Game 6 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals on May 19, 1974, and the Flyers won the Cup that day. ""God Bless America"" was the official campaign song for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940, as well as his Republican opponent, Wendell Willkie. At that time, the song represented cultural and religious tolerance. During a live television broadcast on the evening of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, following addresses by then House and Senate leaders, Speaker Dennis Hastert (Republican) and Tom Daschle (Democrat), members of the United States Congress broke out into an apparently spontaneous verse of ""God"
"Before the 2001 versions, the last time ""God Bless America"" had been a ""Billboard"" chart hit was in 1959 when Connie Francis reached No. 36 with her version (the B-side of her Top 10 hit ""Among My Souvenirs""). Bing Crosby recorded the song on March 22, 1939 for Decca Records. In 1997, American country music recording artist LeAnn Rimes recorded a cover of the song on her second studio album, """". After the events of September 11, Rimes rereleased the song on a compilation album by the same name. Rimes also released the song on a CD single. Two versions"
"God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song) ""God Bless the Child"" is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr. in 1939. It was first recorded on May 9, 1941 and released by the Okeh Records in 1942. Holiday's version of the song was honored with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1976. It was also included in the list of ""Songs of the Century"", by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. Session #44: 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City, May 9, 1941, Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra with Roy"
"has truly blessed America. Kate Smith Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986), known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's ""God Bless America"". She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II and contribution to American culture and patriotism. Kathryn Elizabeth Smith was born May 1, 1907, in Greenville, Virginia, to Charlotte 'Lottie'"
"America the Beautiful ""America the Beautiful"" is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates, and the music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two never met. Bates originally wrote the words as a poem, ""Pikes Peak,"" first published in the Fourth of July edition of the church periodical ""The Congregationalist"" in 1895. At that time, the poem was titled ""America"" for publication. Ward had originally written the music, ""Materna,"" for the hymn ""O Mother dear, Jerusalem"" in 1882, though it was not"
"Hail, America ""Hail, America"" is a regal concert march composed by George Drumm. It is known for its fanfare and trio sections performed during the presidential entrance at state dinners, but is not to be confused with ""Hail to the Chief"", the president's arrival march. It has also been used as the honors music for the President-Elect of the United States. ""Hail, America"" was composed by George Drumm, a German immigrant to the United States, in 1917 and first publicly performed during a concert in New York City the following year. Drumm appears to have composed the march to rebut"
"Leyte in 1946, in front of an audience that included Sergio Osmeña and Carlos P. Romulo. Berlin was touring U.S. military bases with a stage production of ""This Is the Army"", in 1945. During a stop in the Philippines, he heard children in Leyte singing the song ""God Bless America"" (which he had written in 1918 and had revised in 1938) with the lyric ""God Bless the Philippines"". Touched by that and feeling that they might like a song of their own, he composed ""Heaven Watch the Philippines"", trying to combine the spiritual quality of ""God Bless America"" with their"
"God Bless America (charity album) God Bless America was a 2001 charity album composed of American patriotic or spiritual songs, released on October 16 of that year in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It was released specifically to benefit the Twin Towers Fund, directing what the album cover said would be a ""substantial portion of the proceeds"" towards families of firefighters, police officers, and other responders lost in the rescue response to the September 11 attacks. The artists and recordings featured were largely from Columbia Records. Following the September 11 attacks, Canadian pop star Celine Dion"
"King,"" (Franz Schubert); and a ""Song without Words,"" (Mendelssohn). The third edition added ""Prelude"" (Chopin), ""Invitation to the Waltz,"" (Von Weber); ""Scherzino,"" (Robert Schumann); theme from ""Overture to Tannhauser,"" (Richard Wagner) and Franz Liszt, with each composer's autograph attached. Charlotte W. Hawes Charlotte White Hawes (7 February 1840 - 5 Sep 1926) was an American composer, lecturer, music educator, poet and critic from Massachusetts. ""God Bless the Soldier"", written in 1890, was dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic. Born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, she was of Puritan ancestry, her ancestors on the father's side having settled in Massachusetts in"
"America's Song ""America's Song"" is a patriotic song written by will.i.am, David Foster and George Pajon, Jr. The song is performed by will.i.am, Seal, Bono, Mary J. Blige, and Faith Hill, with David Foster appearing on piano. The song's live debut, at the Kennedy Center, was broadcast live on a special edition of ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"" aired on January 19, 2009, in honor of the next day's inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States. The songwriting collaboration is a first between Foster and will.i.am. Regarding his intentions for the song, will.i.am said to Oprah Winfrey on"
"Kate Smith Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986), known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's ""God Bless America"". She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II and contribution to American culture and patriotism. Kathryn Elizabeth Smith was born May 1, 1907, in Greenville, Virginia, to Charlotte 'Lottie' Yarnell (""née"" Hanby) and"
"The Man who Put the Germ in Germany The Man who Put the Germ in Germany is a song written in 1918 during World War I. Lyrics and music were composed by Nora Bayes, Sam Downing, and Abe Glatt. Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc. of New York City published the song for both voice and piano. It reached number seven on the US song charts in August 1918. On the cover of the sheet music is a large picture of Nora Bayes. The song celebrates America by using word play of famous leaders' names like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln"
"Guthrie criticized the song, and in 1940 he wrote ""This Land Is Your Land,"" originally titled ""God Blessed America For Me,"" as a response. Anti-Semitic groups such as the Ku Klux Klan also protested against the song due to its authorship by a Jewish immigrant. In 1943, Smith's rendition was featured in the patriotic musical ""This is the Army"" along with other Berlin songs. The manuscripts in the Library of Congress reveal the evolution of the song from victory to peace. Berlin gave the royalties of the song to The God Bless America Fund for redistribution to Boy Scouts and"
"Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood (born October 27, 1942) is an American country music artist. Active since 1962, he has released more than 20 major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the ""Billboard"" country music charts. Greenwood is known for his patriotic signature song ""God Bless the U.S.A."", which was originally released and successful in 1984, and became popular again during the Gulf War in 1991 and after the September 11, 2001 attacks (becoming his highest charting pop hit, reaching number 16 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100). He also has charted seven number-one hits in his career:"
"God Bless America Again God Bless America Again is the nineteenth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on June 19, 1972, by Decca Records. This was Lynn's third gospel album and her last album of religious material for over 20 years. Lynn's next gospel album would be the 1997 independent release, ""All Time Gospel Favorites"". The title song was cowritten by Bobby Bare and has apparently led some to mislabel this release as a collection of patriotic songs. Largely consisting of new material, the album also includes a few well-known songs, including ""Softly and"
"war song of WWII in the U.S was """"God Bless America"""" written by Irving Berlin for a World War I wartime review, but was withheld and later revised and used in World War II. There were many other popular patriotic wartime songs during this time like, """"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"""" by Glenn Miller and ""Arms for the Love of America"" by once again Irving Berlin in 1941. After successful incorporation of music into the war efforts, more was needed in order to keep hopes alive and stable both back in the U.S and in the Home Front. Various"
"Parade"",""Puttin' on the Ritz"", ""Cheek to Cheek"", ""White Christmas"", ""Happy Holiday"", ""Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)"", and ""There's No Business Like Show Business"". His Broadway musical and 1943 film ""This is the Army"", with Ronald Reagan, had Kate Smith singing Berlin's ""God Bless America"" which was first performed in 1938. Berlin's songs have reached the top of the charts 25 times and have been extensively re-recorded by numerous singers including The Andrews Sisters, Eddie Fisher, Al Jolson, Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney,"
"release near the end of the Depression, which had by then gone on for nine years enshrined a ""strain of official patriotism intertwined with a religious faith that runs deep in the American psyche,"" stated the ""New York Times"". Berlin's daughter, Mary Ellin Barrett, states that the song was actually ""very personal"" for her father, and was intended as an expression of his deep gratitude to the nation for merely ""allowing"" him, an immigrant raised in poverty, to become a successful songwriter. ""To me,"" said Berlin, ""'God Bless America' was not just a song but an expression of my feeling"
"Samuel Francis Smith Samuel Francis Smith (October 21, 1808 – November 16, 1895) was an American Baptist minister, journalist, and author. He is best known for having written the lyrics to ""My Country, 'Tis of Thee"", which he entitled ""America"". Smith was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 21, 1808. Smith gave Lowell Mason the lyrics he had written and the song was first performed in public on July 4, 1831, at a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston. The song, titled ""America"", was first published by Lowell Mason in ""The Choir"" in 1832. Smith later"
"The Angel God Sent from Heaven ""The Angel God Sent From Heaven"" is a World War I era American song released in 1918. Frank L. Ventre composed the music. Paul A. Smith and Robert Levenson wrote the lyrics. It was published by Jack Mendehlsohn Music Company in Boston, Massachusetts. The song was written for both voice and piano. The cover was illustrated by the Dobinson Engraving Company. On the cover is a drawing of a nurse. Under her picture is a car and soldiers. The lyrics are told from the point of view of a soldier's mother. Although she is"
"the lowest paying jobs, put them outside the equal protection of the law, kept them out of their racist bastions of higher education and locked them into positions of hopelessness and helplessness. The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ""God Bless America"". No, no, no, not God Bless America. God damn America — that's in the Bible — for killing innocent people. God damn America, for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America, as long as she tries to act like she is God, and"
"God Bless America (film) God Bless America is a 2011 American black comedy thriller film that combines elements of political satire with dark humor. The film is written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, and stars Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr. Frank Murdoch (Joel Murray) is a middle-aged insurance salesman living in Syracuse, New York, who is sick with how the United States has fallen into a state of rudeness based on pop culture, talk radio, television, and Internet influences. After a boring evening of watching television, Frank visualizes killing his loud and inconsiderate neighbors, whose baby's screams exacerbate his"
"mark of a true pro."" In Beyoncé's version, the end of the second verse is sung ""And it's time to make a change"", as well as changing, ""If I had to start again with just my children and my wife"" to ""family by my side."" God Bless the U.S.A. ""God Bless the U.S.A."" is an American patriotic song written and recorded by country music artist Lee Greenwood, and is considered to be his signature song. The first album it appears on is 1984's ""You've Got a Good Love Comin'."" It reached No. 7 on the ""Billboard magazine"" Hot Country Singles"
"version were Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, whose duet recording was the B-side to their No. 3 country hit ""The Letter."" The Twitty-Lynn version, released in 1976, featured Twitty speaking the verses while Lynn sang the refrain. The Lynn version was played during the closing credits in the 2012 HBO made-for-TV movie ""Game Change"" about Sarah Palin's role in the 2008 Presidential Election which she and John McCain lost. It was also featured in the opening sequences of the film ""Canadian Bacon"". God Bless America Again (song) ""God Bless America Again"" is a country music song written by Bobby Bare"
"God Bless Australia God Bless Australia was a proposed 1961 Australian national anthem by Australian songwriter Jack O'Hagan who provided patriotic lyrics to the traditional tune of ""Waltzing Matilda"". ""Here in this God given land of ours, Australia<br> This proud possession, our own piece of earth<br> That was built by our fathers, who pioneered our heritage,<br> Here in Australia, the land of our birth.<br>"" REFRAIN ""God bless Australia, Our land Australia,<br> Home of the Anzac, the strong and the free<br> It's our homeland, our own land,<br> To cherish for eternity,<br> God bless Australia, The land of the free.<br>"" ""Here in"
"Bless America"" on the steps of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. On July 21, 2011, Smith's version of the song was played as NASA's final wakeup call for the space shuttle ""Atlantis"" (STS-135), capping the 30-year shuttle program. ""God Bless America"" has been performed at home games of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers and those of the Ottawa Senators in which the visiting team is from the United States. (The NHL requires arenas in both the U.S. and Canada to perform both ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" and ""O Canada,"" the Canadian national anthem, at games that involve teams from"
"Bless 'Em All ""Bless 'Em All"", also known as ""The Long and the Short and the Tall"" and ""Fuck 'Em All"", is a war song. The words have been credited as being written by Fred Godfrey in 1917 to music composed by Robert Kewley. It was first recorded by George Formby, Jr. in 1940. The song has also been credited to Jimmy Hughes, Frank Lake and Al Stillman. Godfrey claimed to have thought up the lyrics for the song while serving with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) at Dunkirk during the First World War, recalling in a 1941 letter"
"Hail, Columbia ""Hail, Columbia"" is an American patriotic song that is the ceremonial entrance march of the Vice President of the United States. It was previously considered, with several other songs, one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States until 1931, when ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" was named as the official national anthem. Columbia is the poetic name for the national personification of the United States, which originated during the 18th century. The music was composed by Philip Phile in 1789 for the first inauguration of George Washington and titled ""The President's March."" It became the song ""Hail, Columbia"""